LAND FOR DISCHARGED SOLDIERS.
The Land Purchase Commissioner (Mr J. D, Ritchie), in his annual report, presented to Parliament last week, states that the operations of the Department have been eutwidy confined to the purchase of lands for discharged soldiers, and the supply is now well ahead of the demand! “In some districts,” he says, “very few applications are being received. With the present extreme prices ruling for all produce there is little prospect of value for land receding, therefore some simpler hut still effective method may be necessary to enable the Department to provide land for soldiers at a rental they can be reasonably expected to pay.” The report added that the total area purchased up to 31st March is 1,606,158 acres, at a cost of £7,989,220.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1755, 4 September 1917, Page 3
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128LAND FOR DISCHARGED SOLDIERS. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1755, 4 September 1917, Page 3
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